Surviving the storm: The role of social support and religious coping in sexual assault recovery of African American women

Violence Against Women

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1601-1618

  Bryant Davis, Thema ^a   Ullman, Sarah E ^b   Tsong, Yuying ^a   Gobin, Robyn ^c  

^a PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

religious coping; sexual assault; social support

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RAPE; RELIGION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SURVIVOR; VICTIM; VIOLENCE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; CRIME VICTIMS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RAPE; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVIVORS; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858068442     PISSN: 10778012     EISSN: 15528448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077801211436138     Document Type: Article

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